ERIC Number: EJ734938
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-9048
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Thinking about Sodomy: Public Schools, Legal Panopticons, and Queers
Lugg, Catherine A.
Educational Policy, v20 n1 p35-58 2006
This article explores the status of U.S. public school educators both queer and non-queer who have historically resided at the intersection of sodomy laws and professional norms including licensure, morality clauses, and professional socialization. Employing Foucault's notion of panopticism, the author examines how sodomy laws and professional norms--which are social norms--have historically shaped the work environment of public school educators. Furthermore, this article explores how both queer and non-queer public school administrators have functioned as sexuality and gender police. It also briefly examines the current state of civil rights law at both the state and federal levels regarding queer people. It concludes with a discussion of the recent U.S. Supreme Court case "Lawrence v. Texas" and the larger issues of the politics of state-sponsored stigma and the politics of social justice for U.S. public schools. (Contains 2 tables and 14 notes.)
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Teaching Conditions, Sexuality, Behavior Standards, Social Behavior, Justice, Criminal Law, Moral Values, State Legislation, Norms
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas; United States
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